{"id":1037,"date":"2008-06-26T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2008-06-26T20:56:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T20:56:00","slug":"denver-post-discovers-local-pagans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1037","title":{"rendered":"Denver Post Discovers Local Pagans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver’s Pagan community is featured in The Denver Post<\/em><\/a> According to chatter on the local listservs, the “leaving a bottle of whiskey” bit was the reporter’s misunderstanding.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, Colorado’s hard-working Wiccan chaplains were completely ignored in this Post<\/em> article<\/a>, which seems to suggest that only the Middle Eastern Monotheisms™ can rehabilitate state prison inmates.<\/p>\n

But at least the newer piece mentions them:<\/p>\n

Brennan and Anthony also serve as state prison chaplains. Their services are in demand by 500 self-identified pagans who account for 2 percent of the state prison population. Inmate neopagans include Wiccans, druids and the Asatru, who worship Odin and other Norse gods. In prisons especially, the Asatru can be identified with Nazis, skinheads, patriarchy and racism, yet there are pure forms, Brennan said, which focus on positives \u2014 self-empowerment and tribal loyalty \u2014 rather than white supremacy. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Denver’s Pagan community is featured in The Denver Post According to chatter on the local listservs, the “leaving a bottle of whiskey” bit was the reporter’s misunderstanding. Not surprisingly, Colorado’s hard-working Wiccan chaplains were completely ignored in this Post article, which seems to suggest that only the Middle Eastern Monotheisms™ can rehabilitate state prison inmates. 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